How do you connect Circular Fluorescent to AC Cord

Hello,

I'm no electrician, but I would like to take a basic circular fluorescent bulb (four pin) and connect it to an AC cord that i can plug into common outlets. What components do I need, and how can I achieve this? Thanks in advance.

How do you connect Circular Fluorescent to AC Cord

Thanks. How can I spot the bulbs that come with a ballast? Normally I would read the box, the complication is I'm in Japan and not sure if I'll be able to spot that on the box in Japanese, or if they even have the same term for it. So are those plugged into an outlet, or hardwired?

I can't use old fixtures as I'm designing a series of light boxes (21 in total) for a photographic exhibition, and trying to do so on the cheap. Thanks.

How do you connect Circular Fluorescent to AC Cord

Cool idea for a fixture. I have to say that your circular lamp isn't that hot. I don't know about Japan, but the lamps here are fairly expensive. Not to mention they are a bit of a pain to change as well. In my experience they are mostly used on older fixtures, so this may play into my bias.

Maybe you could reconfigure the fixture for a four pin compact fluorescent. Or an LED equivalent?

How do you connect Circular Fluorescent to AC Cord

Before they invented CFL's, the Circline type fluorescents with ballasts shown above were used as incandescent replacements, to fit in table lamp fixtures that had a base up bulb and a wire frame (harp) up past the bulb to hold a lampshade from above. Many although not all such fixtures allowed the circular fluorescent tube to be finagled around the harp.

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How do you connect Circular Fluorescent to AC Cord

How do you connect Circular Fluorescent to AC Cord

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